As you may have heard, the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay is passing through Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows on February 8, 2010. On behalf of the District of Maple Ridge and City of Pitt Meadows, you are cordially invited to participate in our exciting celebration. The organizing team is planning festivities in the morning of February 8th in Maple Ridge and in Pitt Meadows. Attached to this letter you will find the route details for both Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. We would like Sports Groups like yourselves to be a part of these events and ask that you to forward this request to your membership.

Events will begin in Memorial Peace Park at 6:15 am and conclude at 8:00 am. Local performance groups, dancers, and entertainment will be present along with festivities such as the unveiling of the Spirit of Wood carvings, Hometown Heroes, mini torch run, prizes and give-aways, refreshments and much more. Events in Pitt Meadows will run from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and include local performance groups, dancers, and entertainment will be present along with festivities such as the unveiling of the Spirit of Wood carvings, Hometown Heroes, mini torch run, prizes and giveaways, refreshments and much more. Please be advised that there will be rolling road closures along the Olympic Torch Relay route and motorists are strongly encouraged to plan ahead and prepare for delays while Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity. These road closures will be in effect for up to half an hour at a time and are in place to ensure the safety and security of the Torchbearer and traveling convoy.

If you have any comments or questions regarding this event, please visit www.vancouver2010.com or either www.mapleridge.ca or www.pittmeadows.bc.ca contact Kyle McLellan at 604-377-4027 or email ksmclellan@gmail.com.

Sincerely, Kyle McLellan, Chair Olympic Torch Relay Task Force
Curling’s an Olympic and Paralympic Sport – follow the torch and catch the excitement.
Maple Ridge Route Map Torch Relay
Pitt Meadows Route Map Torch Relay

Congratulations to the A winning team – Al Owen, skip; Gerry Owen, third; Don MacDonald, second; and Clint Wood, Lead. They trounced the Fromme Team from Mission who were under the weather.

In the B event, the Sims team gave it up after a well fought game against the B event winners Skip Don Olson, third, Ron Beck, Second Dennis Yanko, and Lead Robert Traub.

Congrats to the C Event winning Team of Peter Nielsen, skip; Dutchy Kleistrelee, third; Chris Martin, second; and Bernard Bonenfant, lead.

Kudoes to Assistant Ice Tech for great work on the weekend…well done and much appreciated by the competitors.

GEWC Special Olympics curlers were very successful at the Abbotsford Special O bonspiel. We had a 1st place team and our other team was 2 wins in 3 games. There where 12 teams from Vancouver, Langley, Abbotsford, Richmond, Burnaby, Gibsons and Maple Ridge.

We are in our 5th year of the program and practice Tuesdays from 4:00 – 5:30. We have 14 athletes and 6 coaches making ours 1 of the biggest curling programs in BC. We will be at the Langley Bonspiel Feb.7th as well as the Special Olympics Regional Qualifying bonspiel in March hosted by Abbotsford Curling Club. We have always had great support from the management and staff of GEWC and are proud to call it our home club.

Head Coach / Kelly Brack
Assistant Coaches / TORI Brack
Bill Gardiner, Eric Holler, Hugh McIntyre, and Chuck Lilly

Team # 1 / Skip Chloe Murphy – Completed 2 wins & 1 loss / just out of medals contention. Lead Derrick Terpsma, 2nd Deandra, 3rd Natasha, Spare Jason + Tyler: Team # 2 / Skip Kyle Jarrett – Completed 2 wins & 1 loss with 11 points for 1st Place, Lead Matthew Bueschkens, 2nd Jeramy Huskins, 3rd Dave McNeil, Spare Youlanda

Kelly Brack, Head Coach Ridge Meadows Special Olympics Curling

Knights of Columbus Bonspiel 2010. The Knights of Columbus are a Catholic Fraternal organization for men. You have seen us in the Malls selling Charity Appeal tickets for vehicle prizes.

Knights have sponsored curling bonspiels for over 25 years in at least three different locations – Chilliwack, Port Moody, and Maple Ridge. This last bonspiel was held on Saturday, January 16 at Golden Ears Winter Club. The Knight’s bonspiel is open to Knights, wives, family members, and friends. Teams may be all male or mixed. The emphasis is always on Fraternity, Family, and good Fun, not solely competition. Novice curlers are as welcome as those who think they’re experts.

The 2010 Bonspiel had 12 teams made up of men and women – ages teens to eighties – and hailed from Vancouver (3), Langley, Surrey, Burnaby, Port Coquitlam (2) and Maple Ridge (4). We used a points system with 3 sic-end game and following the first fame the teams were staggered by points earned. The final results showed highest points at 48.5 and lowest at 11.

The day finished with a roast beef banquet and cash prizes went to half of the teams.

Reg Nelligan and Roy Dyke  are Event Organizers and Golden Ears members.

Senior Men’s Coastal Curling Championships January 8, 9 & 10

Twenty Senior Men’s curling teams gather this weekend at the Golden Ears Winter Club to compete for four berths in the upcoming Provincial Championships, January 25th-31st in Nanaimo.

To qualify for Senior play, participants are 50 years and older. The unique “senior” game-style offers the blend of experience with skill resulting in superb curling strategy and exciting shot-making.

Many former champions will be competing including last year’s Provincial Senior Champions; Team Gessner, 2003, 2004 Provincial Senior Champion and 1998 Canadian Senior Champion Ken Watson and two-time Canadian Master Champion, Rick Pughe.

The action gets started Friday morning at 9am with draws throughout the weekend.

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For more information contact: The Golden Ears Winter Club 604-463-4813 www.gewc.ca Diane Dezura 604-812-5153 diane@coronationinsurance.com

For ongoing results through-out the weekend go to www.playdowns.com